The Williams High School boys’ basketball team has had a wide range of result after two games.

There’s the lopsided loss to Graham and the come-from-behind victory against Southern Alamance in a five-day period.

“We have to play to get better,” Williams coach Ryan Freeman said. “Sometimes it doesn’t look like we practice anything, but we do.”

The Bulldogs’ next game is the cross-city matchup against visiting Cummings High School on Friday night. They’ll go into the game coming off the feel-good ending of the 52-48 victory against Southern Alamance.

“Close games early are always important,” Freeman said.

-- BIG PLAYER, BIG LIST: Cummings High School’s Will Richardson has drawn offers from many Division I schools for football during the last two months.

The junior offensive tackle, who measures in at 6-foot-5, 320 pounds, has received offers from Duke, Virginia, Charlotte, East Carolina, Indiana and Ohio University.

He said he “probably” will not make his decision until next year. For now, Richardson is focused on lining up for the boys’ basketball team. Richardson was on the varsity team last season but had to leave the team during the season.

“Mainly because of biology, my grades started dropping a little bit,” Richardson said for why he stopped playing last season. “I was doing drivers ed and there was just a lot on me. That ain’t going to happen this year.”

-- LOTS OF TIME: Southern Alamance’s Johnathan Lloyd has also drawn some Division I interest in football, but hasn’t begun to narrow his choices. He said he would take the month of December to make a few visits and possibly watch bowl practices.

Lloyd played quarterback for Southern Alamance this season and passed for 1,047 yards and 14 touchdowns. He rushed for 1,179 yards and 18 touchdowns.

-- STYLISH COACH: Fans who saw last week’s girls’ basketball game between Eastern Alamance and Southern Alamance can be forgiven if they had to double take the first time they saw the host Patriots bench.

No, that isn’t Sidney Lowe stalking the sideline.

It was Southern Alamance coach Chris Miller, who donned a bright red sports jacket reminiscent of the one worn by the former North Carolina State men’s basketball coach. Miller, who’s in his first season as the girls’ coach, said he wasn’t going to change from what he thought was a lucky shirt that he wore for the first two games, both victories.

“Then my wife told me when I started that I had to wear suits,” Miller said. “So, I figured first home game, I’ll wear the red suit.”

Just don’t mistake Miller for being a fan of the team associated with that color in this state.